Adventure 100%

**IN THE 1.1.2 UPDATE, BACKWARDS TRICK SHOTS HAVE BEEN SEVERELY NERFED, SUBCATEGORIES OF PRE 1.1.2 AND 1.1.2 ONWARD HAVE BEEN MADE BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH IT AFFECTS THE GAME AS A WHOLE.**

Play through all the stages. **Be sure to do runs after you've beaten Adventure once, you can skip certain cutscenes even when starting from a new file after resetting your previous file. To start from a fresh file, go to Adventure > Map > Bonus > Start from Beginning. You must have beaten Adventure Mode once and updated your game to get the Bonus tab.** Setting the game to a different language does not save much time, Simplified Chinese is currently the fastest, being ~4s faster than English while Japanese only saves ~2s from English, from just the intro cutscene of the game. **If you choose to switch language, go into System Settings > System > Language > 简体中文 / English.**

Timing begins on L + R input from the home screen.

**Bask Ruins - A Bone to Pick:**

Follow the input indications Dry Bones tells you. Use Slices or Drop Shots.  (Toss > Serve > Return > Score > Win the set)

**Temple of Bask - An Ancient Trial:**

Follow the input indications the wall shows. (Topspin right > Slice left > Flat straight > Lob > Drop Shot) Follow the input indications Aster tell you. Shoot the Special Shot at the bottom right corner of the court to prevent Aster from breaking his racket and using Zone Speed. (Zone Shot > Zone Speed > Block > Max Charge Shot > Trick Shot > Special Shot)

**Piranha Plant Forest - Pipe Gripe:**

Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Special Shots as soon as possible at the very back of the court to break Donkey Kong's racket. This causes a 100% guarantee break everytime.

**Forest Practice Court** - Rally Challenge (Beginner):**

Keep a steady rally with Toad, do not score or hit too hard. Use Zone Speed to block Zone Shots.

**Piranha Plant Habitat - Rapid Fire:**

Abuse Zone Shots when possible, aim at other Piranha Plants that are about to shoot to keep the Zone Shot chain going.

**Forest Edge - Sure Shot Challenge (Beginner):**

Hit to the opposite side from Spike. Use Lobs, Drop Shots, and basic shots when necessary. Use Zone Speed to block the Piranha's Charge Shots. Obtain the Wooden Racket.

**Ancient Altar - Forest Monster:**

Skip the intro cutscene. Try to hit as many Max Charge Shots or well timed Trick Shots as possible to gain energy to fill up the gauge, then use Special Shots to deal more damage to Petey Piranha. Use Trick Shots to dodge its attacking phases.

**Bay Ferry - Battle Boat:**

Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Special Shots as soon as possible at the very back of the court to break Koopa Troopa's rackets. This causes a 100% guarantee break everytime.

**Mirage Mansion - Malicious Mirrors:**

Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Special Shots as soon as possible at the very back of the court to break Boos rackets. This causes a 100% guarantee break everytime. Avoid hitting the mirrors.

**Practice Court - Panel Challenge (Beginner):**

Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Zone Shots as soon as possible and aim it directly at the first row of Panels more towards the Star Panels to gain maximum points. Use Special Shots when there are no Star Panels in the front row.

**Reflection Room - The Great Mirror Mystery:**

In the first part of this stage, try to find the portal that once hit shines a golden ring around it, that is the real portal, if you hit a portal that shines a silver ring, shoot or Zone Shot a different portal until you hit all 3 correct portals. Use Slices and Lobs when necessary.

**Detour - Rally Challenge (Intermediate):**

Keep a steady rally with Boo, do not score or hit too hard. Use Zone Speed to block Zone Shots. Obtain the Mirror Racket.

**Royal Chamber - All Hail the Mirror Queen:**

Skip the intro cutscene. Try to hit as many Max Charge Shots or well timed Trick Shots as possible to gain energy to fill up the gauge, then use Special Shots to deal more damage to Madame Mirage. Use Trick Shots to dodge its attacking phases.
Advanced strat: Zone Shot slightly underneath the bottom furniture piece aimed at the ground to ricochet directly into Madame Mirage.

**Snowfall Mountain Station - Snowball Fight:**

Abuse Zone Shots when possible, aim at other Shy Guys that are are not holding a snowball to keep the Zone Shot chain going.

**Snowfall Mountain - One versus...One?:**

Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Special Shots as soon as possible at the very back of the court to break Shy Guy's rackets. This causes a 100% guarantee break everytime.

**Station Square - Sure Shot Challenge (Intermediate):**

Hit to the opposite side from Shy Guy. Use Lobs, Drop Shots, and basic shots when necessary. Use Zone Speed to block the Shy Guys's Charge Shots.

**Snowfall Mountainside - Panel Challenge (Intermediate):**

Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Zone Shots as soon as possible and aim it directly at the first row of Panels more towards the Star Panels to gain maximum points. Use Special Shots when there are no Star Panels in the front row. Obtain the Ice Racket.

**Snowfall Mountain Summit - Snow Ogre Showdown:**

Skip the intro cutscene. Try to hit as many Max Charge Shots or well timed Trick Shots as possible to gain energy to fill up the gauge, then use Special Shots to deal more damage to Snow Ogre. Use Trick Shots to dodge its attacking phases. Advanced strat: Before Zone Shotting, run infront of the Star Point, then Zone Shot slightly underneath the bottom of the Snow Ogre's hand aimed at the ground to ricochet directly into the eye of the other hand.

**Savage Sea Coast - The Sort-Of Sea Monster:**

Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Special Shots as soon as possible at the very back of the court to break Blooper's rackets. This causes a 100% guarantee break everytime. Avoid using Lobs.

**Savage Sea Bay - The Sea Monster Attacks!:**

Try to hit as many Max Charge Shots or well timed Trick Shots as possible to gain energy to fill up the gauge, then use Special Shots to deal more damage to Gooper Blooper. Use Trick Shots to dodge its attacking phases.

**Savage Sea - Rally Challenge (Advanced):**

Keep a steady rally with Kamek, do not score or hit too hard. Use Zone Speed to block Zone Shots. Obtain the Shell Racket.

**Inferno Island - Mechakoopa Crisis:**

Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Special Shots as soon as possible at the very back of the court to break Boom Boom's rackets. This causes a 100% guarantee break everytime.

**Castle Practice Court - Panel Challenge (Advanced):**

Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Zone Shots as soon as possible and aim it directly at the first row of Panels more towards the Star Panels to gain maximum points. Use Special Shots when there are no Star Panels in the front row. Obtain the Flame Racket

**Castle Bridge - Sure Shot Challenge (Advanced):**

Hit to the opposite side from Chain Chomp. Use Lobs, Drop Shots, and basic shots when necessary. Use Zone Speed to block the Hammer/Fire Bros' Charge Shots.

**Castle Gates - Defeat Bowser's Minions!:**

Abuse Zone Shots when possible, aim at other Hammer Bros that are not about to throw a hammer to keep the Zone Shot chain going, aim and shoot at other Fire Bros to keep the Zone Shot chain going. Stay next to the Mechakoopa spawners on either side of the court when on the Whomp, the Whomp gets trapped in the corner closest to you and never moves the entire time. Use Special Shots to deal more damage to the Whomp.

**Bowser's Castle - Battle the Treasure Guardian!:**

Skip the intro cutscene. Avoid using Special Shots, they don't do much extra damage and is slower than hitting 3 fireballs. Use Trick Shots to dodge its attacking phases.

**Marina Stadium - Lucien Cup Finals:**

Use the map to travel to Marina Stadium. Skip the intro cutscenes. Use Drop Shots, Slices and Body Shots against Wario and Waluigi. Avoid having a full gauge, Daisy will waste time by using Special Shots when its full. For Luigi, use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Special Shots as soon as possible, with the Flame Racket, it takes 6 Special Shots and 1 Zone Shot to break Luigi's racket.

**Temple of Bask Shrine - The Final Battle!:**

Use the map to travel to Bask Ruins. Skip the intro cutscene. Try to avoid using any Special Shots or Zone Shots and Zone Speed if you can. Good aim is key. Use Lobs to hit the upper plates, Topspins for the middle plates and Slices at the lower plates. Advanced strat: during the rally phases, run up to the invisible border and time Bowcien's Charge Shots accordingly.

Timing ends as soon as the final Zone Shot hits Bowcien.

Adventure Any%

**IN THE 1.1.2 UPDATE, BACKWARDS TRICK SHOTS HAVE BEEN SEVERELY NERFED, SUBCATEGORIES OF PRE 1.1.2 AND 1.1.2 ONWARD HAVE BEEN MADE BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH IT AFFECTS THE GAME AS A WHOLE.**

Play through all the required stages + 1 challenge stage, which you obtain the Ice Racket. This extra Racket is not required to beat Adventure Mode, but is highly recommended. It's slower to play through Adventure with just Mario's Racket, if you feel comfortable with blocks and such, get only the Ice Racket, if you don't feel comfortable, the Mirror Racket is recommended. **Be sure to do runs after you've beaten Adventure once, you can skip certain cutscenes even when starting from a new file after resetting your previous file. To start from a fresh file, go to Adventure > Map > Bonus > Start from Beginning. You must have beaten Adventure Mode once and updated your game to get the Bonus tab.** Setting the game to a different language does not save much time, Simplified Chinese is currently the fastest, being ~4s faster than English while Japanese only saves ~2s from English, from just the intro cutscene of the game. **If you choose to switch language, go into System Settings > System > Language > 简体中文 / English.**

Timing begins on L + R input from the home screen.

**Bask Ruins - A Bone to Pick:**

Follow the input indications Dry Bones tells you. Use Slices or Drop Shots.  (Toss > Serve > Return > Score > Win the set)

**Temple of Bask - An Ancient Trial:**

Follow the input indications the wall shows. (Topspin right > Slice left > Flat straight > Lob > Drop Shot) Follow the input indications Aster tell you. Shoot the Special Shot at the bottom right corner of the court to prevent Aster from breaking his racket and using Zone Speed. (Zone Shot > Zone Speed > Block > Max Charge Shot > Trick Shot > Special Shot)

**Piranha Plant Forest - Pipe Gripe:**

Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Special Shots as soon as possible at the very back of the court to break Donkey Kong's racket. This causes a 100% guarantee break everytime.

**Piranha Plant Habitat - Rapid Fire:**

Abuse Zone Shots when possible, aim at other Piranha Plants that are about to shoot to keep the Zone Shot chain going.

**Ancient Altar - Forest Monster:**

Skip the intro cutscene. Try to hit as many Max Charge Shots or well timed Trick Shots as possible to gain energy to fill up the gauge, then use Special Shots to deal more damage to Petey Piranha. Use Trick Shots to dodge its attacking phases.

**Bay Ferry - Battle Boat:**

Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Special Shots as soon as possible at the very back of the court to break Koopa Troopa's rackets. This causes a 100% guarantee break everytime.

**Mirage Mansion - Malicious Mirrors:**

Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Special Shots as soon as possible at the very back of the court to break Boo's rackets. This causes a 100% guarantee break everytime. Avoid hitting the mirrors.

**Reflection Room - The Great Mirror Mystery:**

In the first part of this stage, try to find the portal that once hit shines a golden ring around it, that is the real portal, if you hit a portal that shines a silver ring, shoot or Zone Shot a different portal until you hit all 3 correct portals. Use Slices and Lobs when necessary.

**Royal Chamber - All Hail the Mirror Queen:**

Skip the intro cutscene. Try to hit as many Max Charge Shots or well timed Trick Shots as possible to gain energy to fill up the gauge, then use Special Shots to deal more damage to Madame Mirage. Use Trick Shots to dodge its attacking phases.
Advanced strat: Zone Shot slightly underneath the bottom furniture piece aimed at the ground to ricochet directly into Madame Mirage.

**Snowfall Mountain Station - Snowball Fight:**

Abuse Zone Shots when possible, aim at other Shy Guys that are are not holding a snowball to keep the Zone Shot chain going.

**Snowfall Mountain - One versus...One?:**

Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Special Shots as soon as possible at the very back of the court to break Shy Guy's rackets. This causes a 100% guarantee break everytime.

**Snowfall Mountainside - Panel Challenge (Intermediate):**

Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Zone Shots as soon as possible and aim it directly at the first row of Panels more towards the Star Panels to gain maximum points. Use Special Shots when there are no Star Panels in the front row. Obtain the Ice Racket.

**Snowfall Mountain Summit - Snow Ogre Showdown:**

Skip the intro cutscene. Try to hit as many Max Charge Shots or well timed Trick Shots as possible to gain energy to fill up the gauge, then use Special Shots to deal more damage to Snow Ogre. Use Trick Shots to dodge its attacking phases. Advanced strat: Before Zone Shotting, run infront of the Star Point, then Zone Shot slightly underneath the bottom of the Snow Ogre's hand aimed at the ground to ricochet directly into the eye of the other hand.

**Savage Sea Coast - The Sort-Of Sea Monster:**

Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Special Shots as soon as possible at the very back of the court to break Blooper's rackets. This causes a 100% guarantee break everytime. Avoid using Lobs.

**Savage Sea Bay - The Sea Monster Attacks!:**

Try to hit as many Max Charge Shots or well timed Trick Shots as possible to gain energy to fill up the gauge, then use Special Shots to deal more damage to Gooper Blooper. Use Trick Shots to dodge its attacking phases.

**Inferno Island - Mechakoopa Crisis:**

Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Special Shots as soon as possible at the very back of the court to break Boom Boom's rackets. This causes a 100% guarantee break everytime.

**Castle Gates - Defeat Bowser's Minions!:**

Abuse Zone Shots when possible, aim at other Hammer Bros that are not about to throw a hammer to keep the Zone Shot chain going, aim and shoot at other Fire Bros to keep the Zone Shot chain going. Stay next to the Mechakoopa spawners on either side of the court when on the Whomp, the Whomp gets trapped in the corner closest to you and never moves the entire time. Use Special Shots to deal more damage to the Whomp.

**Bowser's Castle - Battle the Treasure Guardian!:**

Skip the intro cutscene. Avoid using Special Shots, they don't do much extra damage and is slower than hitting 3 fireballs. Use Trick Shots to dodge its attacking phases.

**Marina Stadium - Lucien Cup Finals:**

Use the map to travel to Marina Stadium. Skip the intro cutscenes. Use Drop Shots, Slices and Body Shots against Wario and Waluigi. Avoid having a full gauge, Daisy will waste time by using Special Shots when its full. For Luigi, use Max Charge Shots, Topspins, Drop Shots and Lobs effectively to beat him. When you're serving, hit the return back with a Max Charge Shot into Drop Shot.

**Temple of Bask Shrine - The Final Battle!:**

Use the map to travel to Bask Ruins. Skip the intro cutscene. Try to avoid using any Special Shots or Zone Shots and Zone Speed if you can. Good aim is key. Use Lobs to hit the upper plates, Topspins for the middle plates and Slices at the lower plates. Advanced strat: during the rally phases, run up to the invisible border and time Bowcien's Charge Shots accordingly.

Timing ends as soon as the final Zone Shot hits Bowcien.

Adventure NG+

**IN THE 1.1.2 UPDATE, BACKWARDS TRICK SHOTS HAVE BEEN SEVERELY NERFED, SUBCATEGORIES OF PRE 1.1.2 AND 1.1.2 ONWARD HAVE BEEN MADE BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH IT AFFECTS THE GAME AS A WHOLE.**

Play through all the required stages, except for Bask Ruins - A Bone to Pick and Temple of Bask - An Ancient Trial, in any order, except for Temple of Bask Shrine - The Final Battle! You are able to play with any or all rackets (Flame Racket is recommended). Be sure to do runs after you've beaten Adventure once, this run requires you to play on a completed file. Being max level (Level 99) is not required and does not make a big difference in gameplay either way. You can relatively do whatever areas you'd prefer in order, but this guide provides getting rid of the RNG related areas first, and includes 7 travel warps (this saves 1-2s over the previous route).

Timing begins on Start input before loading the first stage.

**Snowfall Mountain Summit - Snow Ogre Showdown:**

Skip the intro cutscene. Try to hit as many Max Charge Shots or well timed Trick Shots as possible to gain energy to fill up the gauge, then use Special Shots to deal more damage to Snow Ogre. Use Trick Shots to dodge its attacking phases. Advanced strat: Before Zone Shotting, run infront of the Star Point, then Zone Shot slightly underneath the bottom of the Snow Ogre's hand aimed at the ground to ricochet directly into the eye of the other hand.

**Marina Stadium - Lucien Cup Finals:**

Use the map to travel to Marina Stadium. Skip the intro cutscenes. Use Zone Shots, Lobs and Body Shots against Wario and Waluigi. Lob at the service line, and try to cross up when at the net. Avoid having a full gauge, Daisy will waste time by using Special Shots when its full. For Luigi, use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Special Shots as soon as possible, with the Flame Racket, it takes 6 Special Shots and 1 Zone Shot to break Luigi's racket.

**Mirage Mansion - Malicious Mirrors:**

Use the map to travel to Mirage Mansion. Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Special Shots as soon as possible at the very back of the court to break Boo's rackets. This causes a 100% guarantee break everytime. Avoid hitting the mirrors.

**Reflection Room - The Great Mirror Mystery:**

In the first part of this stage, try to find the portal that once hit shines a golden ring around it, that is the real portal, if you hit a portal that shines a silver ring, shoot or Zone Shot a different portal until you hit all 3 correct portals. Use Slices and Lobs when necessary.

**Royal Chamber - All Hail the Mirror Queen:**

Skip the intro cutscene. Try to hit as many Max Charge Shots or well timed Trick Shots as possible to gain energy to fill up the gauge, then use Special Shots to deal more damage to Madame Mirage. Use Trick Shots to dodge its attacking phases.
Advanced strat: Zone Shot slightly underneath the bottom furniture piece aimed at the ground to ricochet directly into Madame Mirage.

**Inferno Island - Mechakoopa Crisis:**

Use the map to travel to Inferno Island. Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Special Shots as soon as possible at the very back of the court to break Boom Boom's rackets. This causes a 100% guarantee break everytime.

**Castle Gates - Defeat Bowser's Minions!:**

Abuse Zone Shots when possible, aim at other Hammer Bros that are not about to throw a hammer to keep the Zone Shot chain going, aim and shoot at other Fire Bros to keep the Zone Shot chain going. Stay next to the Mechakoopa spawners on either side of the court when on the Whomp, the Whomp gets trapped in the corner closest to you and never moves the entire time. Use Special Shots to deal more damage to the Whomp.

**Bowser's Castle - Battle the Treasure Guardian!:**

Skip the intro cutscene. Avoid using Special Shots, they don't do much extra damage and is slower than hitting 3 fireballs. Use Trick Shots to dodge its attacking phases.

**Snowfall Mountain - One versus...One?:**

Use the map to travel to Snowfall Mountain. Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Special Shots as soon as possible at the very back of the court to break Shy Guy's rackets. This causes a 100% guarantee break everytime.

**Snowfall Mountain Station - Snowball Fight:**

Abuse Zone Shots when possible, aim at other Shy Guys that are are not holding a snowball to keep the Zone Shot chain going.

**Savage Sea Coast - The Sort-Of Sea Monster:**

Use the map to travel to Savage Sea. Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Special Shots as soon as possible at the very back of the court to break Blooper's rackets. This causes a 100% guarantee break everytime. Avoid using Lobs.

**Savage Sea Bay - The Sea Monster Attacks!:**

Try to hit as many Max Charge Shots or well timed Trick Shots as possible to gain energy to fill up the gauge, then use Special Shots to deal more damage to Gooper Blooper. Use Trick Shots to dodge its attacking phases.

**Piranha Plant Forest - Pipe Gripe:**

Use the map to travel to Piranha Plant Forest. Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Special Shots as soon as possible at the very back of the court to break Donkey Kong's racket. This causes a 100% guarantee break everytime..

**Piranha Plant Habitat - Rapid Fire:**

Abuse Zone Shots when possible, aim at other Piranha Plants that are about to shoot to keep the Zone Shot chain going.

**Ancient Altar - Forest Monster:**

Skip the intro cutscene. Try to hit as many Max Charge Shots or well timed Trick Shots as possible to gain energy to fill up the gauge, then use Special Shots to deal more damage to Petey Piranha. Use Trick Shots to dodge its attacking phases.

**Bay Ferry - Battle Boat:**

Use well timed Trick Shots to gain energy on your gauge and instantly use Special Shots as soon as possible and aim it at the opposite direction from Koopa Troopa's racket to break his rackets. This causes a near 100% guarantee break everytime.

**Temple of Bask Shrine - The Final Battle!:**

Use the map to travel to Bask Ruins. Skip the intro cutscene. Try to avoid using any Special Shots or Zone Shots and Zone Speed if you can. Good aim is key. Use Lobs to hit the upper plates, Topspins for the middle plates and Slices at the lower plates. Advanced strat: during the rally phases, run up to the invisible border and time Bowcien's Charge Shots accordingly.

Timing ends as soon as the final Zone Shot hits Bowcien.

Tech

Mario Tennis Aces

Temple of Bask

Piranha Plant Habitat

Switch

Atsushi

Mario

Luigi

Wario

Waluigi

Peach

Daisy

Rosalina

Toad

Toadette

Bowser

Bowser Jr.

Yoshi

Donkey Kong

Spike

Chain Chomp

Physical

Digital

Boom Boom

Koopa Troopa

Blooper

Diddy Kong

Birdo

Koopa Paratroopa

Luma

Shy Guy

Petey Piranha

Pauline

Kamek

Dry Bones

1.1.0-1.1.1

1.1.2-2.3.0

3.0+

Character

Copy

Version

Mario Sports

MT Aces and MT Series Discord Servers!

Is streaming with homebrew allowed?

want to change the timing ends rule of Adventure matches.

No KO%

Language

New Speedrun Idea

mdmason85

KreatorKat

Hess

SolarPanda05

Sizzyl

rieckzs

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Adventure 100%	Tech 6 years ago
Adventure Any%	Tech 6 years ago
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